Inventions That Shook The World

From the airplane to the DNA fingerprint, science, history and pop culture come under the spotlight in this thrilling chronicle of the 20th century's greatest inventions. This fascinating series takes viewers on a decade-by-decade voyage of discovery through life-changing inventions; like the radio that made the world smaller; the machine gun that made it more dangerous; or the parking metre that made it more expensive. Meet the brilliant, often quirky minds that bring the inventions to life including the smartest man on the planet and the high school dropout everyone took for a fool. And then there were the not-so-great . . .

Episode Description

Tuesday, Sep 10, 2013 - 9:00 PM
"The 1990's"
A new telescope named Hubble lets us see even farther into the universe revealing more of its majesty and mysteries. The wind-up radio brings the outside world to the smallest villages in Africa. The Neurotrophic Electrode helps those with locked-in syndrome get out through a computer interface. Part 10 of 10G